Release notes for IBM Common Licensing

Before you install or upgrade IBM® Common Licensing, learn about system requirements, installation, and known issues. Also, be sure that you know how to contact IBM Software Support if needed.

Contents

Description

New features and enhancements

System requirements

Installing the product

Known problems and limitations

Contacting IBM Software Support

Trademark acknowledgments

Description

IBM Common Licensing offers a license management solution for IBM Rational® products. With IBM Common Licensing, your organization can track or monitor licenses and evaluate the licenses of various products that organization uses.

New features and enhancements

For a list of new features, go to the Rational License Key Server download links technical document and click the link for the download document. The What's new section of the download document contains details and descriptions of any new functions or enhancements.

System requirements

Before you begin your installation or upgrade, ensure that you understand the system requirements. You can generate an up-to-date list of system requirements at http://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html. To generate the system requirement list for IBM Common Licensing, type and search for Rational License Key Server in the Full or partial product name text field.

Installing the product

For step-by-step installation or upgrade instructions, see the applicable topic or topics in the following sections:

Known problems and limitations

Known problems and limitations are documented in individual technical notes in the Support Portal. As problems are discovered and resolved, the portal is updated with new information. Search the portal to find workarounds or solutions to problems.

For information about known problems and limitations in the current release, see the fix list.

Contacting IBM Software Support

IBM Software Support provides you with technical assistance.

For contact information, guidelines, or reference materials that you need when you require support, read the IBM Software Support Handbook.

For FAQs, lists of known problems and fixes, and other support information, see the product support page for Rational License Key Server.

For product news, events, and other information, see the product community page for RationalLicense Key Server Support Community.

Before you contact IBM Software Support, gather the background information that you need to describe your problem. When you describe a problem to an IBM Software support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions:
  • What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?
  • Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?
  • Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?
  • Is there a workaround for the problem? If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.

Trademark acknowledgments

IBM, the IBM logo, and ibm.com® are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the web at www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml.

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